Tacloban is a great city, and it would be evan better if it provided a regular 24 hour power supply like most commercial cities.

I wonder what it will take before Tacloban will be able to boast that it provides a continuous electricity supply? Or will we remain in the dark?

Maybe we should be happy for what we have, because as for now some villages in the Philippines haven't even been reached by electric posts yet.

A brownout every now and then is I think very common here in the Philippines. Maybe now that Tacloban's becoming a HUC it might become better !?

Here's what the management of Leyte II Electric Cooperative has to say ..

03 Jan 2009
Leyeco II assures sufficient power supply in Tacloban

TACLOBAN CITY — Stable power supply is assured in this city next year even with expected abrupt load increase as a result of full operation of malls in the city, the management of Leyte II Electric Cooperative (Leyeco II) said.

“Looking at Tacloban City’s annual growth rate, we are prepared in the next five years even if the power supply will increase by 10% to 20%,” said Atty. Jerry Gwen Conde, Leyeco II general manager.

The city, according to Conde, has an average demand of 25 megawatt (MW) out of the 40 MW that can be supplied by the electric cooperative.

“Tacloban will have reliable supply of power considering that the actual demand is less than what we can provide,” he claimed.

Robinsons Mall will open within the first quarter of 2009. The Gokongwei-owned mall together with Gaisano Central is expected to eat up more electricity being distributed by Leyeco II.

The recent conversion of Tacloban into a highly urbanized city is expected to attract more investors that would translate to higher power demand.

In this city alone, the electric cooperative has 30,000 member consumers. The whole Leyeco II coverage connects 50,000 households to include neighboring Palo and Babatngon towns.

Conde vowed to reduce unscheduled power interruption next year to only monthly from the current two to three power outages.

“We have reduced unscheduled power interruption. Our interruption does not cover all areas. If there’s a blackout, there must be problem with transmission and generation system,” he added.

Conde also revealed that the cooperative has no intention to adjust rate on distribution cost but there might be changes next year depending on the generation cost that will be charged by the generation company.

Leyeco II earned the singular distinction of being the first of the 199 electric cooperatives in the country to fully attain its total electrification mandate by being able to accomplish 100% energization of all the barangays within its coverage area in 1998.

The electric cooperative was created on October 26, 1975 with its separation from the National Electrification controlled Leyte Electric Cooperative, Inc. that covers some Leyte towns. The franchise area included the Tacloban and the municipalities of Palo and Babatngon with an initial of 5,840 members and 7,830 active connections.


Source:
http://leytesamardaily.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5742&Itemid=233